Shloka 67

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

निर्मर्यादा निराक्रान्ता निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः नष्टे धर्मे प्रतिहताः ह्रस्वकाः पञ्चविंशकाः

Transliteration

nirmaryādā nirākrāntā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ naṣṭe dharme pratihatāḥ hrasvakāḥ pañcaviṃśakāḥ

Translation

धर्मे नष्टे जनाः निर्मर्यादा निराक्रान्ता निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः; प्रतिहतसदाचाराः ह्रस्वकाः पञ्चविंशतिवर्षायुषः भवन्ति।

Word by Word

• निर्मर्यादा: without boundaries/restraint

• निराक्रान्ता: unrestrained/unchecked (not held back by discipline)

• निःस्नेहा: devoid of affection/compassion

• निरपत्रपाः: shameless/without modesty

• नष्टे: when destroyed

• धर्मे: in Dharma/righteous order

• प्रतिहताः: thwarted/blocked (in right conduct)

• ह्रस्वकाः: short/diminished (in stature, vigor, or longevity)

• पञ्चविंशकाः: twenty-five (years of life)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)